Zainab Olaitan
Post-Doctoral Fellow
She/Her
PhD (Pretoria); MA (Pretoria); BSocSci(Cape Town), BSc (Lagos)
Political Studies
International Relations
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Robert Sutherland Hall, 409
Brief Biography
Dr. Zainab Monisola Olaitan is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for International and Defence Policy. Her research focuses on Afrofeminist thought, gender and representation, and the women, peace and security agenda in Africa. She holds a PhD and MA from the University of Pretoria, a BSocSci (Hons) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Cape Town, and a BSc (Hons) in Political Science from the University of Lagos. She is a Research Associate at the Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation (IPATC) at the University of Johannesburg. Dr. Olaitan is the author of Women’s Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers (2024) and the lead editor of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women in Africa and the Caribbean: Linking the Two Regions (2025), both published by Palgrave Macmillan. She is a 2022 Margaret McNamara Education Grants (MMEG) recipient in recognition of her impactful research on women, a 2021-2023 University of Pretoria Doctoral Research Scholarship recipient, a 2019 Mastercard Foundation Scholar and 2018 Mandela Rhodes Scholar.
Teaching
POLS 261 International Politics (Fall 2025)
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Selected Publications
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Z Olaitan, C Isike Adonis and Abbey |
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Z Olaitan University of Pretoria |
2020 | |
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ZM Olaitan |
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ZM Olaitan PQDT-Global |
2023 | |
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Z Olaitan African Journal of Gender, Society & Development 12 (1), 185 |
2023 | |
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ZM Olaitan Journal of International Peacekeeping 26 (4), 394-411 |
2023 | |
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ZM Olaitan, C Isike The African Review 1 (aop), 1-21 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Policy Brief. Ottawa: Africa Indigenous Knowledge Research Network (AIKRN … |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan African women in the fourth industrial revolution, 226-240 |
2024 | |
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B Ndzendze, A Singh, S Timm, C Meyers, MJ Malatji, MJ Malatji, ... AOSIS |
2024 | |
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Z Olaitan Cambridge Review of International Affairs 36 (1), 131-135 |
2023 | |
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EM Isike, Z Olaitan, C Isike Conflict and concord: The ambivalence of African migrant/host relations in … |
2022 | |
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ZM Olaitan Springer Nature |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan The International Journal on Law and Politics, 25-49 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Harmful Practices and Human Rights: An International Perspective, 309-339 |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 123-141 |
2024 | |
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Z Olaitan Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies 4 (2), 88-112 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Africa: Access and Future Measures, 85-96 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan, SO Oloruntoba Decolonizing African Studies Pedagogies: Knowledge Production, Epistemic … |
2023 | |
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ZM Olaitan African Journal of Gender, Society & Development 12 (3), 31 |
2023 | |
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ZM Olaitan Africa’s Radicalisms and Conservatisms, 310 |
2023 | |
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ZM Olaitan Silencing the Guns, Volume 2: Reviewing the Agenda and Reassessing Prospects … |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan, F Adegalu Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women in Africa and the … |
2025 | |
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ZM OLAITAN, TA Ojo, S Maxwell Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women in Africa and the … |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan, MB Taiwo African Solutions Journal 6 (1), 1 - 23 |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan Politikon, 1-18 |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan, TA Ojo, S Maxwell |
2025 | |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 75-95 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 143-161 |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 163-212 |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 39-74 |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 15-38 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Women's Representation in African Politics: Beyond Numbers, 97-122 |
2024 | |
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F Viljoen, F Adegalu, ZM Olaitan African Human Rights Law Journal 24 (2), 772-780 |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan Development and Regional Stability in Africa: Unlocking Potential, 83-106 |
2024 | |
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TA Ojo, ZM Olaitan Gender-Responsive Budgeting in Africa: Access and Future Measures, 63-72 |
2024 | |
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TA Ojo Springer |
2024 | |
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TA Ojo, B Ndzendze TAYLOR FRANCIS Limited |
2024 | |
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ZM Olaitan, SO Oloruntoba AIKRN Policy Brief |
2023 | |
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Z Olaitan Cambridge Review of International Affairs 34 (5) |
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S Leone, Z Olaitan, C Isike |
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ZM Olaitan, SO Oloruntoba |
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ZM Olaitan Springer Nature |